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When a Republican employee of the New York City Board of Elections told a woman that if she paid $150, she could have a job working at the polls during local elections, the woman hesitated but eventually agreed. Unable to afford the fee on her own, she said she went to her husband, who gave … Read more
Well before political leaders were taking action against cellphones in the classroom, the superintendent of schools in Schoharie, N.Y., a rural district about 40 miles west of Albany, was well along on his crusade against Big Tech’s commandeering of the adolescent mind. By the beginning of the school year in 2022, David Blanchard, who had … Read more
The script was familiar. For more than five years, a wealthy Queens businessman forcefully delivered the same message to a man wanted by China. Return to the homeland, or you — and your family — will face the consequences. On Wednesday, he was sentenced to prison for those threats. The businessman, An Quanzhong, will spend … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday named Randy Mastro, whose attempt to become New York City’s top lawyer failed last year amid widespread opposition from the City Council, as first deputy mayor. Mr. Mastro, a former federal prosecutor who was once an aide to Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, will occupy the No. 2 position in city … Read more
A New York federal judge on Wednesday transferred the case of a Columbia University graduate detained by the Trump administration this month to New Jersey, where his lawyers will continue their efforts to seek his release. The order will not have any immediate effect on the detention status of the Columbia graduate, Mahmoud Khalil, a … Read more
A New York City law that would have allowed noncitizens to vote in local elections was declared unconstitutional on Thursday by the state’s highest court, which overwhelmingly upheld a lower-court ruling. The law, which was passed in 2021 but never went into effect, would have given the city’s roughly 800,000 legal permanent residents more of … Read more
Nowruz, the Persian New Year, began on Thursday, kicking off a celebration of life, renewal and rebirth that people in Iran and beyond have been observing for many generations. More than 300 million people worldwide celebrate Nowruz, which means “new day” in Persian. Many of them greet one another by saying “Nowruzetan pirooz” or “Wishing … Read more
Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll look at the ramifications of a letter from the secretary of transportation requesting data on crime in the subway. We’ll also look at why an independent commission says closing the Rikers Island jail complex should be someone’s full-time job. It wasn’t really about crime. Or was it? A letter … Read more
Manhattan | 82 Horatio sTreet, No. 5A West Village Studio $729,000 A co-op studio with a windowed kitchen, a dishwasher, a wine fridge, motorized window shades, a decorative fireplace and a windowed bathroom, on the top floor of a five-story building with a super and a garden. Jason Amirian and Robin Hudis, Douglas Elliman, 917-968-4598; … Read more
Foreign defendants brought to the United States almost never face capital punishment, no matter how grave the allegations against them. But when a notorious drug lord arrived from Mexico in Brooklyn federal court last month on charges that included killing a federal agent, prosecutors for the Eastern District of New York said that he might … Read more